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Redistribution

Loses inland parts of the Gold Coast around Gilston and Tallai to the new seat of Wright, the Liberal margin slipping slightly from 14.0% to 13.8% in the process.

History/Trivia

New seat created in 1984 and named after light opera and musical comedy singer Gladys Moncrieff. It was held for the Liberal Party by Kathy Sullivan from 1984 until her retirement in 2001. She had previously served in the Senate from 1974 until 1984.

Aged 36, Ciobo won a bitter pre-selection for this safe Liberal seat before the 2001 election, even being sued for libel by former MP Kathy Sullivan for remarks he made at a branch meeting. After defeating former Gold Coast Mayor Ray Stevens and ex-National Party Senator Bill O'Chee for pre-selection, Ciobo settled his action with Sullivan, with a bit of head-banging help from John Howard, and went on to easily win the seat at the 2001 election. With degrees in commerce and law, Ciobo worked for international accounting firms and later on the staff of Senator Brett Mason before being elected to Parliament. He has been on the Opposition frontbench since 2007.

58 year-old Tayler lives on the Gold Coast at Mudgeeraba and has lived on the coast for more than three decades. He runs a local professional civil engineering consultancy. He was the Family First candidate in this seat at both the 2004 and 2007 Federal elections and has contested local government elections.